Showing love for mum in his own special way


Lim (right) assisting her son Choong at the Eden Handicap Service Centre in Jalan Sir Hussein, Penang.

Every day is a Mother’s Day for 65-year-old Lim Lay Hoon and her son Choong Boon Keat, 38.

The mother only gets to see her son for about 45 minutes each morning before he is sent to a recycling centre in Bayan Lepas, Penang, to collect recyclable materials from residential areas.

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